James Morgan (1748-1840) was born April 5, 1748, in Frederick County, Virginia.  While a resident of Monongalia County, Virginia, Morgan, age 30, enlisted in August of 1778 for three months in Captain James Brenton's Company of Colonel John Evan's Virginia Regiment.  He was in General Lachlan McIntosh's campaign into the Ohio country and assisted in erecting Fort McIntosh and Fort Laurens.

Morgan re-enlisted at Morgantown, Virginia, in 1779 for a three-month term with Captain Samuel Mason's Company of Colonel Daniel Brodhead's Pennsylvania Regiment and participated in the expedition against the Indian towns on the Allegany.  Morgan was enlisted as a scout and spy against the Indians.  This final tour was with Colonel Evans. 

James Morgan resided in Morgantown, Virginia until 1820, when he moved to Vermillion County, Illinois.  He subsequently moved to Wauwatosa in the late 1830's.  There he died at age 92 on March 3, 1840, and was buried in the Wauwatosa Cemetery.  The cemetery is located at Highway 181 (Wauwatosa Avenue) and Wright Street in Milwaukee County.  His grave is marked with a upright stone government marker and a family marker that is sunken below the turf level.  There is a Wisconsin Historic Marker to Morgan at the cemetery.

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